Aleksandr Chistyakov
Biography
Aleksandr Chistyakov was born in 1880, he never graduated from high school, he worked as an accountant. From 1921 he studied at the First State Film School (Leo Kuleshov's workshop). Since 1925, he actively acted in films. The first role - a worker in the film "Arsenals" became a characteristic role for the subsequent work of the actor. He also was the champion of the Russian Empire in hammer throwing. Self-taught, he began to master hammer throwing at the end of the 19th century and in 1912 became the first record holder in Russia. He was a very good cyclist and an able wrestler too.
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Movies (40)
A Great Life, Part 2
as District committee secretary
1946
Seaman's Daughter
as Captain Shestov
1941
Yakov Sverdlov
1940
Возвращение
as Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
1940
No One is Funnier than Us
as Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
1940
A Great Life
as District committee secretary
1939
Minin and Pozharsky
as Prokopiy Lyapunov
1939
The Vyborg Side
as Mishchenko
1939
Stepan Razin
as Prince Baryatinskiy
1939
Professor Mamlock
as Resistance member
1938
The Miners
as Nikanor
1937
The Thirteen
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
1937
The Return of Maxim
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
1937
Daughter of the Motherland
as Grandfather Andron
1937
I Love
as Nikanor
1936
A Severe Young Man
as Olga's Father
1935
Beautiful Garden
1935
The Pilots
as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
1935
Love and Hate
as Vasilisa's husband
1935
Nastenka Ustinova
as Ustinov
1934
The Last Night
1933
Conveyor of Death
as Kashevskiy, master
1933
Deserter
as Fritz Muller
1933
Outskirts
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
1933
A Personal Affair
1932
Diary of a Revolutionist
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
1932
Misunderstood
as Ivan Timofeyev
1931
A Simple Case
as Uncle Sasha
1930
Bread
as Peasant
1929
The Drive of Death
as Machinist Gavrilov
1929
For Your Health
as Philistine
1929
The Happy Canary
as Worker
1929
Heroes of the Furnace
as Commissar
1929
Storm Over Asia
as The Russian Rebel Leader
1928
The White Eagle
as State prisoner
1928
Salamander
as Pryer, typographer
1928
The End of St. Petersburg
as Worker (Rabochiy)
1927
Who Are You?
as Beggar
1927
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
as Machinist
1926
Mother
as Vlasov, the Father
1926